Stumbling on Happiness

The reason to give someone a compliment is to give them praise or admiration on what their outfit is or how their hair looks and many other reasons. Everybody does like a compliment when it is heartfelt and sincere. Nothing can give someone greater validation on self-assurance with the recognition of someone complimenting them. Compliments can either be taken as a good thing or a bad thing, some people have insecurities and some are very thankful. The benefits of seeing the person you have…

The Greek word for happiness is eudaimonia, which is characterized by living well and doing well in the affairs of the world. In other terms it is a moral philosophy that defines right action as that which leads to the well being of the individual and soul. It makes up part of the system of Ethics that the ancient Greek philosophers preached. Eudaimonia as the ultimate goal is an objective rather than a subjective state in that it characterizes the well-lived life by the individual. According to…

Not all fantasy owners are born equal, if you are reading this chances are you are among the portion that are above average. If so great, your determination to refine your skill set will yield dividends. If you identify with the mass who are typically less educated and less inspired to making meaningful progress mentally and professionally first I will commend you in your desire to break the trend. However despite your distinct disadvantage, success can still be achieved. No one is going to sit…

In our fast-paced world, everyone is looking for shortcuts to get faster results. Unfortunately, in the pursuit of gaining happiness, we look for pleasure; the short-term solution for happiness. In this paper, I refute the statement that pleasure is the highest means in a good life, but instead, it is Eudaimonia. Eudaimonia translates to happiness that is achieved when we have reached our well-being at its full potential. While Eudaimonia gives a deeper sense in meaning, pleasure is good to have…

All art forms are important to a culture because the music, the sculptures, the paintings, etc., all help form and differentiate each culture from another. Therefore, I disagree with the statement that visual artists are more important to a culture than performing artists because they create permanent work of art because both works of art can cause people to reflect on their lives, can bring enjoyment, and both can allow people to experience and interpret the art in their own way. It shouldn’t…

Sharon Begley, wrote a piece called “Happiness: Enough Already. This piece focuses on how society is turning into a group of people that believes they will never be happy enough. The tone is centered on fact and it conveys a persuasively aggressive persona about the idea of contentment and mental disorders. The idea of being happy all the time is wrong because embracing ones sadness is a part of life and, without this part of life, most human compassion and happiness…

It shows someone feels amazed to the good performance of Leo. This sentence refers to someone’s feeling or recognize of an Oscar sense. ‘Oscar’ here refers to someone’s name. This is imperative sentence to tell Oscar to take a shower. There are three sentences in this meme, they are: 1. The first sentence is “Greet performance Leo”. According to Hornby (2008: 194) great means very good in ability. This sentence is used to express the admiration to someone. 2. The second sentence is “I…

or immoral. These two extremes are not the only options and to live “the good life,” there is a middle ground where there is a moderate degree of both morally fulfilling social responsibilities to the community and being indulgent for a personal happiness.…

matters the most to me is happiness! “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” -- Denis Waitley This quote states it all. Happiness transcends our past, present and future. We all have the ability to control our own happiness. This is dependent upon the person, and the way they live life. Some people I have personally met in the world believe that happiness is simply a state of…

Society’s Perceptions of People Everywhere throughout the world, some people are currently living an entirely different life than what society thinks they are living. The Storyteller introduces the idea that some people are living a lifestyle entirely different from their past and society thinks nothing of it. As well as The Storyteller, The Story of an Hour suggests that other people present themselves differently in public than during the time they spend secluded from the public,but the…